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(0)David A Welker
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The Civil War battle in western Maryland that killed 22,000 men-and served no military purpose.
For generations of Americans, the word Antietam-the name of a bucolic stream in western Maryland-held the same sense of horror and carnage that the date 9/11 does for Americans today. But Antietam eclipses even this modern tragedy as America's single bloodiest day, on which 22,000 men became casualties in a war to determine our nation's future.
Antietam...
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For generations of Americans, the word Antietam - the name of a bucolic stream in western Maryland - held the same sense of horror and carnage that the date 9/11 does for Americans today. But Antietam eclipses even this modern tragedy as America's single bloodiest day, on which 22,000 men became casualties in a war to determine our nation's future.
Antietam is forever burned into the American psyche as a battle bathed in blood that served no military...